Official Summaries

American Science First Act

This bill prohibits the National Science Foundation (NSF) from providing grants or other forms of assistance to certain foreign individuals and entities. Specifically, the NSF may not support any individual or entity that is affiliated or otherwise has a relationship, including but not limited to a research partnership, joint venture, or contract, with

• an entity included on the entity list under the Export Administration Regulations, which identifies foreign entities subject to license requirements for the export, reexport, or transfer of certain items;
• a Chinese military company operating in the United States or any of its territories or possessions on the list required under the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, or required under the Mac Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, or any successor list; or
• any parent, subsidiary, affiliate of, or entity owned by or controlled by any such entity.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 254 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 254

   To prohibit the Director of the National Science Foundation from 
  awarding grants and other forms of assistance to Chinese communist 
    military companies and their affiliates, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

  Mr. Allen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Director of the National Science Foundation from 
  awarding grants and other forms of assistance to Chinese communist 
    military companies and their affiliates, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Science First Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANTS AND OTHER 
              FORMS OF ASSISTANCE TO CHINESE COMMUNIST MILITARY 
              COMPANIES AND THEIR AFFILIATES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Director of the National Science Foundation may not provide grants or 
other forms of assistance to any individual or entity that is 
affiliated or otherwise has a relationship, including but not limited 
to a research partnership, joint venture, or contract with--
            (1) an entity included on the list maintained and set forth 
        in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration 
        Regulations;
            (2) a company on the list required by section 1237 of the 
        Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), or 
        required by section 1260H of the Mac Thornberry National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
        283), or any successor list; or
            (3) any parent, subsidiary, affiliate of, or entity owned 
        by or controlled by, an entity described in paragraph (1) or 
        (2).
    (b) Export Administration Regulations Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``Export Administration Regulations'' means the regulations 
set forth in subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or successor regulations.
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